Man in Linden street dies after being hit by car

A man in a Linden street was struck by a passing car in Elizabeth today and died, police said.Google Maps

LINDEN — A man was killed after being struck by a car in a Linden street this evening, police said.

The 49-year-old man, of Wrightstown, was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m. at a Rahway hospital after being pulled from underneath the small sedan, police said.

His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, said city police spokesman Lt. James Sarnicki.

About an hour earlier, police were called to the 400 block of W. Elizabeth Avenue where they found the man trapped under a 2004 Honda Civic, Sarnicki said. After firefighters and police removed him from underneath the vehicle, they tried to revive him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

It was unclear whether the man was lying or standing in the roadway when he was struck, Sarnicki said.

There is a possibility that the man was homeless and had ties to the area, he said.

The roadway was closed for several hours as members of the department's fatal accident investigation unit looked into the circumstances of the accident.